If anyone should have any information regarding the incident contact the Los Alamos County Fire Marshal Office at 662-8301.
New Beginnings pastor Shawn Amburgey said services will continue to be held at the Christian Church at 4 p.m. Sunday.
The fire began in the morning of July 4. It was Amburgey’s mother-in-law and daughter, who discovered the fire. They quickly notified Amburgey, who then called 911.
“I had no idea where it started,” Amburgey said earlier this month. “I just saw the smoke coming down the hallway.”
The Los Alamos Fire Department, which has a station just across the street, was there in a minute. Other LAFD units rolled in and the Los Alamos Police Department was there to monitor the traffic and help in the investigation.
The State Fire Marshall was called in and eventually so was the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF). And when the ATF is usually called in, that is when there are fires involving churches and if arson may be suspected.
Speculation is rampant that either it was an electrical fire or it could possibly be arson.
State and federal officials completed the physical part of their evidence gathering two days after the fire and some of the evidence was sent out for further testing. Fire officials are still waiting on those results.
Officials, as well, have been mum on the cause and they won’t even tell Amburgey.
“We still don’t know the cause,” Amburgey said Wednesday.